Downloads

Simbiont 2.5x (Shader Plugins)
Simbionts are plugins that render DarkTree’s shaders and procedural materials in leading 3D applications.  Shaders for your Simbiont are available in the Repository.  If you like these procedurals, check out the program that created them ... DarkTree!  Look in the Archive for retired Simbionts.

3D Application Plugin Version Size Download For DarkTree Owners Only (free version has limited features)       3ds Max 2009 - 64 bit V 2.60 rc3 (04/23/08) 7.4 MB  SimMAX26_2009_64.exe 3ds Max 2009 - 32 bit V 2.60 rc2 (04/22/08) 6.6 MB  SimMAX26_2009_32.exe 3ds Max 2008 - 64 bit V 2.60 rc2c (03/31/08) 7.1 MB  SimMAX26_2008_64.exe 3ds Max 2008 - 32 bit V 2.60 rc3 (03/31/08) 6.6 MB  SimMAX26_2008_32.exe 3ds Max R9 - 64 bit V 2.60 rc2 (09/26/07) 8.0 MB  SimMAX26_R9_64.exe 3ds Max R9 - 32 bit V 2.60 rc2 (09/26/07) 6.6 MB  SimMAX26_R9_32.exe Free       3ds Max R6, R7, R8 V 2.55 (12/12/05) 1.1 MB  SimMAX25_R8.exe AM v9.5 - v12 (Win) NOTE: SimbiontAM available from Hash for Mac PPC or Intel. SimbiontAM auto installs with A:M v13. V 2.52 (10/14/03) 1.80 MB  SimAM25.exe Cinema 4D R7 - R8 (Win) V 2.53 (08/06/04) 2.20 MB  SimC4D25.exe LightWave 3D 7.0b - 9  (Win) V 2.53 (02/03/04) 2.08 MB  SimLW25.exe Renderman (Win) V 2.51 (08/20/03) 0.43 MB  SimRM25.zip trueSpace 5.0 - 7.0 V 2.51 (08/20/03) 2.54 MB  SimTS25.exe

Community Projects (Third Party Plugins)
These are third party open source plugins created using the DTE.

Item Version Size Download Blender 2.4 (Win) Primary Developer: Paul Bridger Source code available soon V 0.5 (01/05/06) 757 KB SimbiontBlender.exe Blender 2.3 (Win) Primary Developer: Paul Bridger V 0.4 (08/03/05) 670 KB SimbiontBlender_0_4.exe messiah:studio 2.2+ Primary Developer: Daniel Stewart Source code available soon V 1.0 (08/02/05) 487 KB SimbiontMS.mp Mental Ray for Maya (Win) Primary Developer: ctrl.studio RC11 (Beta) (12/12/05) 163 KB SimbiontMaya.zip Mental Ray for XSI (Win) Primary Developer: ctrl.studio RC11 (Beta) (12/12/05) 122 KB SimbiontXSI.zip

Utilities
Here you will find extra items that are useful for Simbiont users.

Item Version Size Download Split_DT.py This python script splits a DarkTree shader (.dsts) into seperate color/bump/percent DarkTrees.  This utility is useful if you want to use a DarkTree shader’s texture channels within you’re 3d applications shader.  This script requires Python (www.python.org).  See Readme. V 2.0 (12/16/02)   5 KB  Split_DT.zip